title: [Importance of HLA-G in therapy of cancer].
abstract: HLA-G (Human Leucocyte Antigen-G) is a non-classical HLA class I molecule observed for the first time in human cytotrophoblast. Numbers of investigations have demonstrated that HLA-G was broader than originally thought. In fact, it is expressed in pathological contexts as well as in physiological contexts. This expression of HLA-G and its receptors in immunity cells confer to it a major role in immune responses. Good issues were described in organ transplantation when HLA-G was expressed. But, HLA-G transcripts and/or proteins expression in tumor tissues was associated with tumor genesis and cancer progression. A focus on the expression and the role of HLA-G in tumor context will be developed in this review. In addition, regulation of HLA-G will be treated to improve strategies of cancer therapy.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biochimie, Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Monastir, Avenue Tahar Haddad, Monastir, Tunisia. ines.zidi@techemail.com
authors.forename: Inès
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zidi
authors.forename: Aghleb
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bartegi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D059951:HLA-G Antigens; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000235:genetics; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D006680:HLA Antigens; D059951:HLA-G Antigens; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I